1970s Pauline Trigere Silk & Lame Gown designer-norman-norell There are no labels but

There are no labels but it has that feel of a Kansai or some other avant garde designer

I love the pretty

early eighties Lapidus dress that marries the glitzy Studio 54 effect with the craze for menswear through the great velvet accented tuxedo feeling collar

Tagged a 42 and from the 00A season

The dress is nipped in at the waist and the skirt cut to hug the wearer

1970s Pauline Trigere Silk & Lame Gown designer-norman-norell There are no labels butA spectacular metallic threaded gown by the great American designer Pauline Trigere! This is an extraordinary piece that beautifully combines cut and exquisite fabric. Made of tissue thin, almost weightless silk chiffon that has that spectacular dots of gold lame thread woven though the silk. From top to bottom fine gold thread gives it a subtle shimmer when you move. It has a plunged front with interesting seam work and the sleeves are narrowed in at